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* ''Series/{{Yellowstone}}'' focuses on the Dutton family, who own a massive ranch in Missouri as they attempt to protect their empire from various potential threats.
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%%* The Wongs, Amy's parents on ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', are examples of this RecycledInSpace. They only own ONE hemisphere of the planet Mars, but it's "the good hemisphere".

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%%* The Wongs, Amy's parents on ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', are examples of this RecycledInSpace.JustForFun/RecycledInSpace. They only own ONE hemisphere of the planet Mars, but it's "the good hemisphere".
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* One ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' comic book (''Barbed Wire On the Prairie'' - 1967) has Cass Casey as a BigBad, trying to crush an independent farmer. However, he is [[HeelFaceTurn redeemed by the end]], with both him and his fellow cattle barons being shown that both cattle and farming will be an important part of the future.

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* One The 1967 ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' comic book (''Barbed ''Barbed Wire On the Prairie'' - 1967) has Cass Casey as a BigBad, trying to crush an independent farmer. However, he is [[HeelFaceTurn redeemed by the end]], with both him and his fellow cattle barons being shown that both cattle and farming will be an important part of the future.future (specifically, the farmers having the expertise to dig wells deep enough that they don't fear droughts like the barons do).

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%%* Creator/PatrickStewart's character in ''Film/TheKingOfTexas'', a Western version of ''Theatre/KingLear''.
%%* Spencer Tracy's character in ''Film/BrokenLance'', also a western version of ''King Lear''.
%%* Creator/JohnWayne's characters in ''Film/RedRiver'' and ''Film/{{Chisum}}''.

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%%* Creator/PatrickStewart's character in ''Film/TheKingOfTexas'', a Western version of ''Theatre/KingLear''.
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* Spencer Tracy's character in ''Film/BrokenLance'', also a western version of ''King Lear''.
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''Theatre/KingLear''. Matthew Devereaux is a ranch owner who has built an enormous ranch and ''Film/{{Chisum}}''.mining empire.
* ''Film/{{Chisum}}'': As one of the founders of the town of Lincoln, cattle baron John Chisum is increasingly worried as Lawrence Murphy moves in on the local stores, bank and land by questionable means. Chisum and fellow honest ranch owner Henry Tunstall try and use the law, but Murphy owns that too.
* Creator/PatrickStewart's character in ''Film/KingOfTexas'', a Western version of ''Theatre/KingLear''. John Lear, a wealthy cattle baron and analog to King Lear divides his property among his daughters, only to be rejected by the eldest two of them once they have it.
* ''Film/RedRiver'': Fourteen years after starting his cattle ranch in Texas, Tom Dunston is finally ready to drive his 10,000 head of cattle to market. But his tyrannical behavior along the way causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son.
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* In ''Film/LastTrainFromGunHill'', Craig Belden, a rich cattle baron, is [[IOwnThisTown the de facto ruler of the town of Gun Hill]]. Belden refuses to turn over his son, forcing Morgan to go against the entire town.

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* Creator/PatrickStewart's character in ''Film/TheKingOfTexas'', a Western version of ''Theatre/KingLear''.
* Spencer Tracy's character in ''Film/BrokenLance'', also a western version of ''King Lear''.
* Creator/JohnWayne's characters in ''Film/RedRiver'' and ''Film/{{Chisum}}''.
* Creator/AlanRickman's character in ''Film/QuigleyDownUnder'' is an Australian take on the type.
* A variation on this is John Huston's character in ''Film/{{Chinatown}}'', a Land Baron.

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* %%* Creator/PatrickStewart's character in ''Film/TheKingOfTexas'', a Western version of ''Theatre/KingLear''.
* %%* Spencer Tracy's character in ''Film/BrokenLance'', also a western version of ''King Lear''.
* %%* Creator/JohnWayne's characters in ''Film/RedRiver'' and ''Film/{{Chisum}}''.
* %%* Creator/AlanRickman's character in ''Film/QuigleyDownUnder'' is an Australian take on the type.
* %%* A variation on this is John Huston's character in ''Film/{{Chinatown}}'', a Land Baron.



* J.W. Grant (Ralph Bellamy) in ''Film/TheProfessionals''. He thinks his money can buy him anything.

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* %%* J.W. Grant (Ralph Bellamy) in ''Film/TheProfessionals''. He thinks his money can buy him anything.



* Another novela example is the Brazilian soap ''O Rei do Gado'' (literally, the King of the Cattle).
* A rare benign protagonist example would be Ben Cartwright from ''{{Series/Bonanza}}''.
* Pete Thornton appears as one in the two ''Series/MacGyver1985'' [[CowboyEpisode dream episodes]] set in the WildWest: "Serenity" and "[=MacGyver=]'s Women".

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* %%* Another novela example is the Brazilian soap ''O Rei do Gado'' (literally, the King of the Cattle).
* %%* A rare benign protagonist example would be Ben Cartwright from ''{{Series/Bonanza}}''.
* %%* Pete Thornton appears as one in the two ''Series/MacGyver1985'' [[CowboyEpisode dream episodes]] set in the WildWest: "Serenity" and "[=MacGyver=]'s Women".



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* "Class of '57" by Music/TheStatlerBrothers: One of the classmates, John (in the final verse) is one of these ("''John is big in cattle''"...).

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* ''Radio/TheSixShooter'': In "The Coward", [[IOwnThisTown local big shot]] Noah Temple is looking to regain all of the land once owned by his grandfather (and subsequently lost by his father). The clerk in the hotel tells Britt that he has actually acquired more land than his grandfather's original spread, but {{Rancher}} Will Fetter and his wife Sarah remain stubbourn holdouts: owning a small ranch that is now completely surrounded by Temple's spread but refusing to sell.



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* ''Radio/TheSixShooter'': In "The Coward", [[IOwnThisTown local big shot]] Noah Temple is looking to regain all of the land once owned by his grandfather (and subsequently lost by his father). The clerk in the hotel tells Britt that he has actually acquired more land than his grandfather's original spread, but {{Rancher}} Will Fetter and his wife Sarah remain stubbourn holdouts: owning a small ranch that is now completely surrounded by Temple's spread but refusing to sell.
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* [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep Rich Texan]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. He's also an Oil Baron.
* The Wongs, Amy's parents on ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', are examples of this RecycledInSpace. They only own ONE hemisphere of the planet Mars, but it's "the good hemisphere".
* [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mr. Rancid]] from Bovo Corporation and "Jacob Laramie" in ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers Galaxy Rangers]]''.
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* %%* [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep Rich Texan]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. He's also an Oil Baron.
* %%* The Wongs, Amy's parents on ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', are examples of this RecycledInSpace. They only own ONE hemisphere of the planet Mars, but it's "the good hemisphere".
* %%* [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mr. Rancid]] from Bovo Corporation and "Jacob Laramie" in ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers Galaxy Rangers]]''.
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* In ''Film/TheBullOfTheWest'', Judge Garth and Georgia Price operate the two biggest ranches in the district. Judge Garth is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who sides with the smaller {{Rancher}}s surrounding him. Georgia Price, however, is ruthless and attempts to drive out the small ranchers by using the open range laws to destroy the pasture they are planning to fence off as winter pasture for their herds.
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Often a CorruptHick, and perhaps a FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit. Compare the RailroadBaron.

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Often a CorruptHick, SmallTownTyrant, and perhaps a FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit. Compare the RailroadBaron.
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* The Gaelic Irish were historically famous for cattle-herding, and one of their noble titles was ''bo-aire,'' which literally translates to "cattle lord/chief."
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* ''Literature/VirgilColeEverettHitch'':
** In ''Appaloosa'', Bragg has aspirations to be one of these, with plans to import Angus cattle as breeding stock.
** ''Blue Eyed Devil'' has a former confederate general turned cattle baron. Although he has some conflict with the protagonists for personal reasons, he is much more reasonable and less villainous than is generally seen with this trope.
** Invoked in ''Resolution'' when a group of struggling [[DeterminedHomesteader homesteaders]] decide to pool their resources to become a sort of collective “cattle baron’’, knowing it’s the only way they can get enough influence to improve their situation.
-->“Just like we can pool our cows, we want to pool ourselves. We ain’t big ranchers, but we could be like a big ranch, if we all associated. Then we could broker our own cattle, and maybe establish our own store, and maybe make a living.”
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* ''Radio/TheSixShooter'': In "The Coward", [[IOwnThisTown local bigh shot]] Noah Temple is looking to regain all of the land once owned by his grandfather (and subsequently lost by his father). The clerk in the hotel tells Britt that he has actually acquired more land than his grandfather's original spread, but {{Rancher}} Will Fetter and his wife Sarah remain stubbourn holdouts: owning a smallranch that is now completely surrounded by Temple's spread but refusing to sell.

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* ''Radio/TheSixShooter'': In "The Coward", [[IOwnThisTown local bigh big shot]] Noah Temple is looking to regain all of the land once owned by his grandfather (and subsequently lost by his father). The clerk in the hotel tells Britt that he has actually acquired more land than his grandfather's original spread, but {{Rancher}} Will Fetter and his wife Sarah remain stubbourn holdouts: owning a smallranch small ranch that is now completely surrounded by Temple's spread but refusing to sell.
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* ''Radio/TheSixShooter'': In "The Coward", [[IOwnThisTown local bigh shot]] Noah Temple is looking to regain all of the land once owned by his grandfather (and subsequently lost by his father). The clerk in the hotel tells Britt that he has actually acquired more land than his grandfather's original spread, but {{Rancher}} Will Fetter and his wife Sarah remain stubbourn holdouts: owning a smallranch that is now completely surrounded by Temple's spread but refusing to sell.
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